Some workers found the territory irredeemably harsh ... Everybody Down,” perhaps better known as “Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal,” offered the country a nostalgic vision of plucky ...

Before engines and electricity, America used ingenuity and water to move the nation forward. The Erie Canal, completed in ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed ...

Numerous volunteers faced chilly winds as they dedicated their time to picking up litter along the Erie Canal Trail.

Work is underway to celebrate and remember the past two centuries of the Erie Canal. The Erie County Historical Commission has been working to prepare for the year ahead. All the preparation is ...

The Erie Canal Museum will host Rex Lyons, coach of the Haudenosaunee Nationals, and Mike Beardsley, Sullivan Town Historian at Chittenango Middle School as part of a free educational talk next ...